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CEGL006077 Dulichium arundinaceum - Triadenum virginicum / Sphagnum fallax Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Threeway Sedge - Virginia Marsh-St. John''s-wort / Flat-top Bogmoss Fen
Colloquial Name: Threeway Sedge Acidic Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This saturated vegetation of New England and New Jersey occurs in saturated conditions of isolated basins. The vegetation is strongly dominated by Dulichium arundinaceum growing in a loosely consolidated aquatic suspension of Sphagnum cuspidatum and/or Sphagnum fallax. Associated species include Triadenum virginicum, Glyceria acutiflora, and Glyceria obtusa. The vegetation is boggy in nature, forming a quaking mat in most cases. The dominance by Dulichium arundinaceum confers a lawn appearance. This association provides habitat for the rare dragonfly Williamsonia lintneri (ringed boghaunter).
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is strongly dominated by Dulichium arundinaceum growing in a loosely consolidated aquatic suspension of Sphagnum cuspidatum and/or Sphagnum fallax. Associated species include Triadenum virginicum, Glyceria acutiflora, and Glyceria obtusa. The vegetation is boggy in nature, forming a quaking mat in most cases. The dominance by Dulichium arundinaceum confers a lawn appearance. This association provides habitat for the rare dragonfly Williamsonia lintneri (ringed boghaunter).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This vegetation type of New England and New Jersey occurs in saturated conditions of isolated basins.
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, NH, NJ, RI
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721939
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.1 Leatherleaf - Small Cranberry - Few-seed Sedge Bog & Acidic Fen Macrogroup | M876 | 2.C.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.1.a Leatherleaf - Few-seed Sedge - Bog Laurel Boreal Bog & Acidic Fen Group | G748 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A4398 Leatherleaf / Woolly-fruit Sedge Poor Fen Alliance | A4398 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL006077 Threeway Sedge - Virginia Marsh-St. John''s-wort / Flat-top Bogmoss Fen | CEGL006077 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Dulichium arundinaceum - Triadenum virginicum / Sphagnum fallax Herbaceous Vegetation (Lundgren 1999b)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Lundgren, J. A. 1999b. Characterization and classification of plant communities inhabited by the ringed boghaunter dragonfly (Williamsonia lintneri). Unpublished report to The Nature Conservancy, Rhode Island Field Office. Providence, RI. 20 pp.
- Metzler, K., and J. Barrett. 2006. The vegetation of Connecticut: A preliminary classification. State Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations No. 12. Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT.
- Sneddon, L. A., Zaremba, R. E., and M. Adams. 2010. Vegetation classification and mapping at Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. Natural Resources Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2010/147. National Park Service, Philadelphia, PA. 481 pp. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/caco/cacorpt.pdf]
- Sperduto, D. D. 2000c. The vegetation of seasonally flooded sand plain wetlands in New Hampshire. MS thesis, University of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. 142 pp.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]